Great quotes from Pro Riders

cyclingfury

My favourite is Sean Kelly's reply when asked whether heavy rain put him off going out training on his bike.

He said "When it was raining I'd still go out training and then decide whether it was too wet when I got back."

Brilliant. No wonder he was such a great rider.

Yossie

I like David Millar's words of wisdom when the French police raided his garrett and found his dope:

"Errr - the two used syringes and empty EPO bottles. They're not mine,. Oh no, Siree, they're not mine. Nothing to do with me. Nothing at all. Someone gave them to me at the Vuelta. Yes, that's it. They are a souvenir and they are so lovely that I thought I would keep them. They've lovely and have great sentimental value. I've always been into medical design and love the shape of syringes. And empty EPO bottles.

Now stop being so beastly to me. Don't you know who I am? I'm that cycling bloke with the silly haircut."

Obviously I've paraphrased, but I put it down to artistic licence.

But that's all in the past now, so its ok.

greasedscotsman

"I don't like the Tour of Italy, it's full of Italians"

Robert Millar

rick_chasey

An obvious one, and a little clichéd, but still a good one.


Theo de Rooy

"Paris-Roubaix is a pile of sh!t!" said de Rooy. “You're working like an animal, you don't have time to p!ss, you wet your pants. You're riding in mud like this, you're slipping ... it’s a pile of sh!t.”

"Will you ever ride it again?"

"Sure, it's the most beautiful race in the world!"

White Line

I made this wallpaper last night in an effort to avoid doing work.

ddraver

^would it be rude to ask for a high res version of that?

Redhog14

ddraver wrote:

^would it be rude to ask for a high res version of that?

click on it dude

ddraver

Ah, on t phone so did nt work...

Yossie

"I did it all on bread and water and would never ever ever ever touch dope"

Dopey Millar.

Stewie Griffin

"Oui, mais pas de femme toute de suite"

Stephen Roche

ddraver

Jesus Yossie, whinge much?

Can I go for - The secret to mountain biking is pretty simple. The slower you go the more likely it is you'll crash (some Female XC racer who's name I ve forgotten)

and just to antagonise - Until mountain biking came along, the bike scene was ruled by a small elite cadre of people who seemed allergic to enthusiasm. (forgotten also)

pilot_pete

The secret to mountain biking is pretty simple. The slower you go the more likely it is you'll crash.

~Julie Furtado

ddraver

^Wow, well done!

LeMond's "It never gets easier, you just go faster" is a good one too (and annoyingly true!)

Yossie

Pilot Pete wrote:

The secret to mountain biking is pretty simple. The slower you go the more likely it is you'll crash.

~Julie Furtado

I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away
I don't know where my soul is
I don't know where my home is
And baby all I need you to know is
I'm like a bird

etc etc etc etc ad naseum ad infinitum

Nelly Furtado

Yossie

ddraver wrote:

Jesus Yossie, whinge much ?

I may go on a bit occasionally but at least I'm not a cheatin' lyin' dopin' slaaaag like Dopey M.

Do you love him? We think you do. You luuuuuuuurve him and you do.

Cheerio.

estampida

i'm not an alien - indurain.....

ddraver

Yossie wrote:

ddraver wrote:

Jesus Yossie, whinge much ?

I may go on a bit occasionally but at least I'm not a cheatin' lyin' dopin' slaaaag like Dopey M.

Do you love him? We think you do. You luuuuuuuurve him and you do.

Cheerio.

erm, you re the only one who's mentioned him so far.....

Secteur

"It never gets easier, you just go faster."

Greg LeMond

Secteur

And, of course, the great Jensie;

"Shut up legs!"

prb007

Some from a bygone (better, IMHO) age...

'It was eleven more than necessary.'
Jacques Anquetil
After winning a race by twelve seconds.

'I race to win, not to please people.'
Bernard Hinault

'Don't buy upgrades, ride up grades.'
Eddy Merckx

derbygrimpeur

"I love mountains, but in the moment of exertion i am filled with a deep hatred.
So i try to shorten the suffering"

Marco Pantani

LangerDan

When asked in the early 1980's about how Kelly and he dealt with the language barrier in France, Stephen Roche replied. "With my broken French and Sean's broken English, we get by,"

tailwindhome

"If your legs felt like mine you'd go to the hospital"

Can't remember - may have been Cav


"You're not keeping that bike there, are you?"

Mrs TWH

Yossie wrote:

Pilot Pete wrote:

The secret to mountain biking is pretty simple. The slower you go the more likely it is you'll crash.
~Julie Furtado

I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away
I don't know where my soul is
I don't know where my home is
And baby all I need you to know is
I'm like a bird

etc etc etc etc ad naseum ad infinitum

Nelly Furtado

"Trumpitity, Trumpitity,Trump, Trump, Trump"


Nelly the Elephant

LangerDan

"Please, just pass me the goddamn hat!" Greg Lemond

TailWindHome wrote:

Yossie wrote:

Pilot Pete wrote:
The secret to mountain biking is pretty simple. The slower you go the more likely it is you'll crash.
~Julie Furtado

I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away
I don't know where my soul is
I don't know where my home is
And baby all I need you to know is
I'm like a bird

etc etc etc etc ad naseum ad infinitum

Nelly Furtado

"Trumpitity, Trumpitity,Trump, Trump, Trump"


Nelly the Elephant

"Its gettin' hot in herre, so take off all your clothes"

Nelly (the Rapper)

AidanR

LangerDan wrote:

"Please, just pass me the goddamn hat!" Greg Lemond

Just looked that up. Nice.

http://www.freewheelingfrance.com/243

Pross

"They give off the image of exceptional men but in fact they are very, very ordinary. Simple people without much education, who aren't fun to eat with (pas très rigolos à table), who don't get into intellectual discussions. All they have in life is cycling. Without that, it's finished."

David Millar on his fellow pros

snowley

That David Millar quote is funny.

He must really like his peers.....

freehub

The OP is quite inspirational, I should employ that thought whenever the weather is bad.

fastandfurry

"Training is like fighting a gorilla; you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is tired" - Greg Henderson

MaxwellBygraves

fastandfurry wrote:

"Training is like fighting a gorilla; you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is tired" - Greg Henderson

Don't get it.

AidanR

Then you have never trained properly